ALEC Corporations

ALEC Corporations

This article contains the names of for-profit corporations, corporate trade groups, non-profit corporations and law firms that are known to be, or have been American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) members or involved in ALEC.

This is a partial list. You can add to it, if you cite your source.

ALEC members known to be current, as of July 2011, appear in bold.

Corporate Board
As of 2011:
 * CenterPoint 360, W. Preston Baldwin - Chairman
 * Altria Group, Daniel Smith
 * American Bail Coalition, William Carmichael, Jerry Watson
 * AT&T, William Leahy
 * Bayer Corp., Sandy Oliver
 * Coca-Cola Company, Gene Rackley
 * Diageo, Kenneth Lane
 * Energy Future Holdings, Sano Blocker
 * ExxonMobil Corporation, Randall Smith
 * GlaxoSmithKline, John Del Giorno
 * Intuit, Inc., Bernie McKay
 * Johnson & Johnson, Don Bohn
 * Koch Companies Public Sector, Mike Morgan
 * Kraft Food, Inc., Derek Crawford
 * Peabody Energy, Kelly Mader
 * Pfizer Inc., Michael Hubert
 * PhRMA, Jeff Bond
 * Reed Elsevier, Inc., Teresa Jennings
 * Reynolds American, David Powers
 * Salt River Project, Russell Smoldon
 * State Farm Insurance Co., Roland Spies
 * United Parcel Service (UPS), Richard McArdle
 * Wal-Mart Stores, Maggie Sans

A

 * Abbott Laboratories
 * Alliant Utilities -Interstate Power Company (now Alliant Energy)
 * Altria Group
 * AmerenCIPS
 * AmerenUE
 * American Express Company
 * American Stores-Jewel/OSCO
 * Amoco Corporation
 * Amway Corporation
 * Archer Daniels Midland
 * ARCO
 * Arizona Public Service Company
 * Arthur Anderson
 * AT&T

B

 * Bank of America
 * Baxter Healthcare Corporation
 * Bayer Corp.
 * Bell Atlantic PA
 * Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
 * Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
 * Boehringer Ingelheim
 * BP America, Inc.
 * Burroughs Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline)

C

 * Caliber System, Inc.
 * Cargill, Inc.
 * Caterpillar, Inc.
 * CenterPoint 360
 * Central Reserve Life
 * Chevron Corporation
 * Chlorine Chemistry Council
 * Chrysler Corporation
 * CIBA-GEIGY
 * Coca-Cola Company  * Comcast
 * Commonwealth Edison Company (now Exelon)
 * Connections Academy
 * Coors Brewing Company
 * Cornell Abraxas
 * Corrections Corporation of America

D

 * Deere & Company
 * Diageo
 * DuPont

E

 * Energy Future Holdings
 * Enron Corporation
 * Environmental Management Corporation
 * ExxonMobil Corporation

F

 * FedEx
 * Fidelity Investments
 * First Chicago NBD
 * Fremont Company
 * Fruit of the Loom (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway)

G

 * Gaylord Container
 * GEICO
 * Genentech, Inc.
 * General Electric Medical Systems
 * General Motors Corporation
 * George K. Baum & Company
 * GlaxoSmithKline
 * Golden Rule Insurance
 * Growmark Inc.
 * GTE Corporation (now Verizon)
 * Guarantee Trust Life Insurance

H

 * Hancor, Inc. (now part of Advanced Drainage Systems)
 * Harris Trust and Savings Bank (Harris Bank)
 * Hoechst-Roussell Pharmaceutical Corporation
 * Hoffman-La Roche
 * Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
 * Household International
 * Humana Corporation

I

 * Illinois Power Company
 * Illinois Tool Works
 * Imperial Chemical Industries Pharmaceuticals (acquired by AkzoNobel in January 2008)
 * Industrial Biotechnology Association
 * Inland Steel Industries
 * International Game Technology
 * International Paper
 * Intuit, Inc.

J

 * Johnson & Johnson
 * Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. (now Vivendi)

K

 * Koch Industries
 * Kraft Food, Inc.

L

 * LaSalle National Bank
 * Lederle Laboratories
 * Logix Solutions, Inc.
 * Long Term Care, Inc.

M

 * McDonalds Corporation
 * MEGA Life & Health Insurance
 * Merck, Sharp & Dohme
 * Microsoft Corporation
 * MidAmerican Energy Company
 * Miller Brewing Company
 * Motorola, Inc.
 * Mt. Carmel Public Utility Company
 * Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

N

 * Nationwide Insurance
 * Navistar
 * NICOR, Inc.
 * Novartis

P

 * Parke-Davis
 * Peabody Energy
 * Peoples Energy Corporation
 * Pfizer Inc.
 * PFL Life Insurance Company
 * Pharmacia & Upjohn
 * Phillips Petroleum Company
 * Pinnacle West Capital

R

 * Reed Elsevier, Inc.
 * Reynolds American
 * Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
 * R.R. Donnelley & Sons

S

 * Salt River Project
 * Sanofi-Aventis
 * Sara Lee Corporation
 * Schering-Plough (since acquired by Merck)
 * Shell Oil Company
 * Solvay Pharmaceutical
 * Sprint / United Telephone Company of Texas
 * State Farm Insurance Co.
 * Sundstrand Corporation

T

 * Texaco Inc.
 * The Boeing Corporation
 * The Traveler's Companies

U

 * Union Pacific Corporation
 * United Airlines
 * United Parcel Service (UPS)
 * U.S. Generating Company
 * UST Public Affairs Inc. (now United States Smokeless Tobacco Company
 * US West, Inc. (later Qwest Communications, and CenturyLink as of April 2011)

V

 * Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC)
 * Verizon Communications, Inc.
 * Viad Corp.

W

 * Wackenhut Corrections (now G4S)
 * Wallace Laboratories
 * Wal-Mart Stores
 * Washington Times
 * Wausau Insurance Companies  * Wendy's International Inc. (now the Wendy's/Arby's Group)
 * Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories (now Pfizer)

Z

 * Zurich Insurance

A

 * Air Transport Association of America
 * American Bail Coalition
 * American Bankers Association
 * American Council of Life Insurance
 * American gas association
 * American Plastics Council
 * American Trucking Association
 * Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois
 * Association of Health Insurance Agents

C

 * Carpet and Rug Institute
 * Cigar Association of America, Inc.

D

 * Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS)

G

 * Georgia Medical Assocation
 * Grocery Manufacturers of America

H

 * Health Insurance Association of America (merged with American Association of Health Plans in 2003 to become America’s Health Insurance Plans or AHIP)

I

 * Illinois Corn Marketing Board
 * Illinois Energy Association
 * Illinois Financial Services Association
 * Illinois Petroleum Council
 * Illinois Retail Merchants Association
 * Illinois Road Builders Association
 * Illinois Soybean Association
 * Illinois State Medical Society

N

 * National Association for Home Care
 * National Association of Charter School Authorizers
 * National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
 * National Association of the Self-Employed
 * National Beer Wholesalers Association
 * National Business Association
 * National Federation of Independent Businesses
 * National Health Insurance
 * National Pawn Brokers Association
 * National Pork Producers Association
 * Non-Bank Funds Transmitters Group
 * Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association

P

 * PhRMA

S

 * Steel Recycling Institute

T

 * TechAmerica
 * Texas Medical Association
 * Tobacco Institute

W

 * Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America

Law Firms

 * Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
 * Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

C

 * Center for Competitive Politics
 * Center for Education Reform
 * Center for Energy and the Environment
 * Center for Tenth Amendment Studies
 * Citizens in Charge
 * Council for Affordable Health Insurance

E

 * E&M Charities (dissolved in 2010)
 * Electricity Consumers Research Council

F

 * Foundation for Fair Civil Justice
 * Freedom Foundation
 * Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice

G

 * Goldwater Institute

H

 * Heartland Institute

I

 * Illinois Policy Institute
 * Institute for Policy Innovation

M

 * Mackinac Center for Public Policy

N

 * National Rifle Association
 * National Taxpayers Union

P

 * Prison Fellowship Ministries

R

 * Reason Foundation

S

 * Stop Child Predators ), Corporate Co-chair

T

 * Texas Public Policy Foundation

W

 * Washington Policy Center

External resources

 * Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, "Corporations and Trades Associations that Fund ALEC," Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States: The Untold Story Behind the American Legislative Exchange Council, online report, 2003.